This chapter discusses the role of voluntary standards for corporate sustainability and responsibility as enablers of … sustainability and responsibility. Our subsequent analysis shows that standards enable sustainable consumption by (1) reducing … created, (2) supporting the disclosure of firms' sustainability-related information (potentially leading to increased consumer …

important role in shaping social environmental sustainability and therefore promoting economic, political, cultural and … standardization across the global value chain. In face of this problem, some countries have launched national platforms to establish …